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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
20-John Lennon-Imagine.
1971-It was not released as a single in the UK until 1975 when it reached Number 6. After Lennon’s assassination in 1980 the song peaked at Number 1 and in 1999 when re-released it reached Number 3.
Best Bit-At 0.40.Lennon’s wish is for everyone to live together in peace, to break free of the superstitions that control our thought process, to live for today, and not to prepare for something that there is no proof exists, that you may be rewarded with tomorrow. He also tells us to not hoard things, but share them out equally.The only problem with this is that human beings will always find something to fight about, if everyone was the same, then the person wearing red shoes would start an argument with the person wearing blue shoes.
John Lennon (see also best songs 927-599-473-456-319-238-218-168-141 and 80) took the sole songwriter credit, but later stated that his wife Yoko Ono should have been credited as well as he got the initial idea for the lyrics from her 1964 book ‘Grapefruit’ which includes lines such as ‘Imagine the sky crying,’ and Imagine you’re a cloud,’ in 2017 Ono’s name was added to the songs writing credits.
‘Imagine’ was produced by Phil Spector (see also best songs 782-737-192 and 127) as was it’s parent Album of the same name. Lennon wrote the song on a brown Steinway upright piano, in 2000 George Michael paid over $2 million for the piano and placed it in the Beatles museum in Liverpool.
‘Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too.’
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Published by Barry Philips · 23 hrs · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

COMING NEXT THE BEST 20.

Did you know there are approximately 300 new songs released every week of the year. This countdown covers every genre of music from the 1920’s on wards, so to be considered as one of the best 20 songs of all time by any list makes that track something very special.
On June 29th 2017 which was 980 days ago I set about the task of compiling the best 1000 songs in the world ever, Number 1000 is from the band First Class with the brilliant summer sound of Beach Baby.
It has been a privilege to write about a new song each day and I thank anyone who has taken time out to read what I have written. Whether you agree with me about my choices of the top 20 or not, I am sure you will agree that they are all brilliant songs, and please take time out to give each one a listen.

STILL TO COME.
The best Beatles song.
The best song of the 60’s,70′,80’s and 90’s.
The best Dance song ever
The best Heavy Metal song ever.
The best song so far this Century.
The best Rap song ever.
THE BEST SONG IN THE WORLD EVER.

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Published by Barry Philips · Yesterday at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
21-Blur-Song 2.
1997-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 0.15.This is the 2nd track on the ‘Blur’ Album, its the 2nd track on the greatest hits,it got to Number 2 in the UK, and it lasts 2 minutes, spooky or what?….No,not really.
The song came about after the band were messing about with new ideas in the studio.The groups lead guitarist Graham Coxon at that time was a big fan of American alternative Rock bands such as Pavement and Sonic Youth and it was he who came up with the songs intro.The bands lead singer Damon Albarn was not as big a fan and made up any old lyrics as a guide for the song. In a way this song has a satisfactory ending for both Coxon and Albarn, as Coxon got his wish to record a classic American sounding Rock song, and Albarn could poke fun at the genre with nonsensical lyrics.
Blur (see also best songs 256) maybe one of the biggest bands to have ever come out of the UK, but in America they remain obscure, with this song being their only success in the States from being played on Alternative Rock and College Radio stations.The song is often referred to as the ‘Whoo-Hoo’ song.
‘I got my head checked by a jumbo jet, it wasn’t easy but nothing is no.’
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Published by Barry Philips · March 3 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
22-Meat Loaf-Bat Out of Hell.
1977- It wasn’t released as a single until 1979 when reaching Number 15.The song was re-released in 1993 and peaked at Number 8.
Best Bit-At 6.52.The songs writer Jim Steinman was a big fan of the early 1960’s ‘death discs’ also known as ‘teenage tragedy songs’ such as ‘Leader of the Pack’ by the Shangri-Las (see also best songs 331) and ‘Tell Laura I Love Her’ from Ray Peterson. Steinman wanted to write the ‘most extreme crash song of all time.’
This song along with ‘Heaven Can Wait’ and ‘All Revved Up with No Place To Go’ originally featured in Steinman’s ‘Peter Pan’ inspired 1977 musical ‘Neverland.’ Steinman and Meat Loaf who were touring with the ‘National Lampoon’ show felt they had three exceptional songs and wanted to develop them with potentially four more in to an Album. The Album of course came to fruition and was called ‘Bat Out of Hell,’ to date it has sold in excess of 43 million copies worldwide, in the UK it has spent 522 weeks on the Album chart, the second longest chart run of any studio Album (see also best songs 90.)
The song tells the story of someone who feels his life it going nowhere and only feels alive when riding their motorbike at highly dangerous speeds. He knows the dangers of what he is doing but the thrill is too great. Steinman achieved his ambition of writing the greatest ‘crash song’ when the motorbike and rider are, ‘down in the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun.’
‘Oh baby you’re the only thing in this whole world that’s pure and good and right.’
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Published by Barry Philips · March 2 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
23-Beyonce featuring Jay-Z-Crazy in Love.
2003-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.01.When Beyonce was first offered the song she said, ‘No one uses horn riffs in the 21st Century.’
The horn riff in question was a sample from a 1970 song by the Soul group The Chi-Lites called ‘Are You My Woman (Tell Me So’) which had only peaked at Number 72 on Billboard, the song was written by Eugene Record (1940-2005) of the Chi-Lites and therefore he receives songwriting credits on Crazy in Love.
The brains behind developing the sample in to this song belong to songwriter and music producer Rich Harrison, he also wrote some of the lyrics and played all the instruments.The ‘bridge’ was written by Beyonce (see also best songs 800) who was inspired by looking at herself in the mirror.as she was not wearing matching clothes and her hair was untidy, she kept saying ‘I look so crazy right now.’ The songs rap provided by American Rapper Jay-Z was an afterthought and not added until the track was complete, it is said that Jay-Z improvised his verse in about ten minutes (see also best songs 636 and 477.)
‘Crazy in Love’ is taken from Beyonce’s debut solo Album ‘Dangerously In Love’ and put to bed the worry that her solo career wouldn’t match the success that she had enjoyed with her previous group Destiny’s Child.
‘Got me looking so crazy right now, your love’s got me looking so crazy right now.’
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Published by Barry Philips · March 1 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
24-Tears for Fears-Sowing the Seeds of Love.
1989-Number 5 single.
Best Bit-At 3.08.Many songs have a strong Beatles influence,this ones the best.
Tears for Fears (see also best songs 640) were formed in Bath, England, in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, they split in 1991, but reformed in 2000. Although they never achieved a UK Number 1 single they have had two on Billboard with ‘Shout,’ and ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World.’
‘Sowing the Seeds of Love’ is taken from their third studio Album ‘The Seeds of Love,’ the Album also went to Number 1 on Billboard, and Number 2 in the UK.
‘Sowing the Seeds of Love’ is a political song, ‘Politician granny with your high ideals’ was taking a swipe at the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but the lyrics also urge us to actively engage in politics, and not just settle for what we are told. Another memorable line from the song is ‘Kick out the Style bring back The Jam,’ this refers to Paul Weller, whose songs with The Jam often carried a political message, but his lyrics with his new band The Style Council were often about love and romance.
The songs message is that we should be actively doing something about problems. We should be sowing the seeds of love, creating a better world, not just talking about it.
‘The love train rides from coast to coast, DJ’s the man we love the most.’
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Published by Barry Philips · February 29 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
25-Electric Light Orchestra-Mr. Blue Sky.
1978-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 3.47.At the very end of the song there are four spoken words, a lot of people (including me) think that what is said is ‘Mis-ter Blue Sky,’ but what actually is being spoken is, ‘Please turn me over.’
In 1978 the ELO released their seventh and most successful studio Album ‘Out of the Blue,’ it was a double Album (two 12 inch vinyl discs with music on both sides.) Side three of the release is subtitled ‘Concerto for a Rainy Day,’ it is a four track musical based on the weather and how it affects mood change, ending with the eventual sunshine and happiness of ‘Mr Blue Sky.’
The songs writer and producer Jeff Lynne has spoken about how he came to write ‘Mr Blue Sky’ while visiting Switzerland for inspiration. He said, ‘It was dark and misty for two weeks and I didn’t come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was ‘wow’ look at those beautiful Alps. I wrote Mr Blue Sky and thirteen other songs in two weeks.’
Jeff Lynne (see also best songs 970 and 769) was born in Birmingham,England on December 30th,1947, prior to forming the ELO he had been a member of ‘The Move’ from 1968. After the ELO split in 1986 he went on to form the ‘supergroup’ the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.
In 1994 Lynne worked with the three surviving Beatles on their Anthology Album series, at George Harrison’s request Lynn was asked to assist with unreleased studio material originally recorded by the late John Lennon,
‘Mr Blue Sky please tell us why you had to hide away for so long.’
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Published by Barry Philips · February 28 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
26-Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove.
1978-Number 9 single.
Best Bit-At 7.53. Funkadelic had just finished playing a gig in Washington DC when two young girls approached George Clinton’s car and told him it was the best concert they had ever seen, they said ‘It was like one nation under a groove.’ The girls in question were called LaTanya and Darlene, their names appear in the credits on Funkadelic’s critically acclaimed 1978 Album ‘One Nation Under a Groove.’
George Clinton was born in 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina,U.S.,he is a pioneering figure in the genre of Funk Music. He will be best remembered for forming two bands that he would front concurrently, the Funk band Parliament, and the more psychedelic Funk Rock band Funkadelic.
Clinton (see also best songs 612-340 and 143) co-wrote this song along with Garry Shider (1953-2010) and Walter Morrison (1954-2017.) The line ‘So high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get under it,’ was used by the Temptations in ‘Psychedelic Shack,’ but it actually goes back much earlier to Gospel music.
On the subject of other lyrics in the song Clinton said,’I took a catchphrase used by the chauffeur character in the Charlie Chan movies when he was ready to run from the ghost, ‘Feet don’t fail me now,’ and the line ‘Dance your way out of your constrictions,’ is about people’s hangups,’ Clinton said, ‘You can deal with them by being grumpy, or with a smile.’
‘Do you promise to funk, the whole funk, nothin’ but the funk.’
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Published by Barry Philips · February 27 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
27-Sex Pistols-Pretty Vacant.
1977-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 0.26.Arguably the best ‘Boy Band’ in the world ever, and as a added bonus, they were pretty……..vacant.
The Sex Pistols are arguably the most influential band in the development of Popular Music since the mid 1970’s, with many of the most talented artists of the 1980’s and 1990’s stating a debt to them, these include Morrissey, Oasis,Nirvana, the Stone Roses, John Cooper Clarke, Guns N’ Roses and many, many more. I think it is fair to say that dozens of songs that appear in this countdown have been inspired by the Punk movement of the mid to late 1970’s.
As with many of the Sex Pistols songs, writing credits are given to all five members, but this track is mainly the work of the bands bassist Glen Matlock, in fact he had a major input in the majority of the tracks on the Sex Pistols only Studio Album ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols,’ although fellow band members Paul Cook and Steve Jones dispute just how much.
For me ‘Pretty Vacant’ oozes sarcasm, Johnny Rotten (see also best songs 967-576-323 and 92) who wrote some of the songs lyrics is saying, (in my opinion) what is the point of trying to tell you what we think because you ain’t gonna listen, you don’t think we have a brain capable of understanding, but the telling line when the sarcasm stops is, ‘So stop you’re cheap comment, ‘cos we know what we feel.’
‘I got no reason, it’s all too much, you’ll always find me out to lunch.’
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